Many people vaccinated against corona without an appointment

In recent days, relatively many people have had a corona jab at locations where this can be done without an appointment. The umbrella organization of health services GGD GHOR Nederland reports that on Saturday 10,424 people had an injection without an appointment at a free walk-in location, on Friday there were 10,189.

On Wednesday, that number was even higher: that day, about 13,000 people had themselves vaccinated without an appointment. Before that, the peak was 8,000 people in one day. On Thursday there was also a relatively large number of people who had themselves vaccinated without an appointment. Then it was about 9000 people.

Just like Thursday and Wednesday, more people than average made an appointment for a vaccination against the virus on Friday and Saturday. On Friday there were 13,962 new first appointments, Saturday at 13,148. In recent weeks, an average of 10,000 people a day.

On Tuesday evening, outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte and healthcare minister Hugo de Jonge announced that the corona pass will be mandatory in more places. People who have not been vaccinated or who have recently experienced a corona infection must then have a test done for more occasions. Whether the higher numbers of people who now report is due to what was announced during that press conference, the GGD GHOR does not know, a spokesperson said. “But you can see that there is a clear increase after Tuesday.”

By: ANP | Photo: ANP

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